The sun was only just up when we
left Ibiza for Mallorca, the wind hadn’t yet appeared and the water was flat
calm whilst we motored off the coast of Ibiza.
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| The morning view in Ibiza |
There was only one other boat up
as early as us, but lots of sea bird mainly the Mediterranean Shearwaters, who were hardly bothered by us motoring past them.
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| Mediterranean Shearwaters |
Within the hour the wind had
materialised and we had a steady 15-20knots so we started to make good progress
with a good average speed of 6 knots.
The only problem was we had an unsettled swell running between the
islands which unfortunately made me (Amanda) feel quite unwell, not had
seasickness for a long time but the rest of the journey was spent curled up on
the sofa! The wind was pretty steady until about 10 miles to go but we had been
battling against the current, Mark did a great job of getting us safely across the
66 miles to Cala Portals, Mallorca. Beautiful calm anchorage with a couple of
other yachts provided a peaceful night at anchor.
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| Cala Portals |
No time to rest and we head off
across Palma Bahia the next morning, it was a stunning sunny day but the light
north easterly wind was chilly. We had a peaceful sail with light winds with
the sea looking exceptionally blue and clear as we rounded Punta Salinas.
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| Punta Salinas |
It was just over 41 miles to Porto
Petro where we anchored all alone for the night.
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| Porto Petro |
The next morning we were up and
out before the wind could build so we had a frustrating motor along the coast
to Porto Cristo, only 15 miles but that is still too many hours with the noise
of the motor running!
As it was out of season we easily
found space to berth on the town quay and finally after 12 days we stepped onto
land!!
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| Magnum on quay at Porto Cristo |
Our time at Porto Cristo was
mainly spent completing the domestics of filling our water tanks, washing the
sea water off Magnum and making sure we stocked up with some fresh food. But we did get a chance to a have a walk to
the lighthouse – thankfully our legs were still working and the sun was
shining.
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| Mark overlooking Porto Cristo lighthouse |
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| Amanda & Mark on sunny day in Porto Cristo |
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| View from lighthouse towards Porto Cristo town |
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| Mark at lighthouse after a nice sit down to admire the view |
The quay at Porto Cristo was
perfect for us as it was nice and cheap
- we paid 22 euros a night but had been quoted 74 euros a night at the
yacht club opposite the quay! But for
anyone who plans to use the quay be warned there is something odd with the
water level which means it can rise and fall a couple of feet within minutes!
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